tech policy
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I recently had the pleasure to join Claire Wardle, PhD in a webinar on dealing with disinformation. We touched upon a myriad of topics, including:💡 the need to move from anecdotes and short-term countermeasures in times of elections to a more comprehensive, longterm approach of countering disinformation💡 a necessary focus on narratives, rather than individual
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“The EU prides itself as an innovative regulatory power that has established reliable frameworks for consultations with civil society, academia, and industry players. Its regulatory measures often include test and trial periods for specific mandates, such as the obligation of very large online platforms to mitigate systemic risks. These get clarified, evaluated, and redefined through
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“There is a continuous slate of articles, features, and other coverage that tackle “disinformation” in light of the super election year of 2024. Again and again people are asking: Can targeted disinformation campaigns manipulate opinions and influence elections? We are obviously asking ourselves these questions, too. At the same time, we want to know in
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Auf allen Podcast-Streaming-Plattformen: Mein Interview im Spiegel-Klimabericht. Das Thema: der ökologische Fußabdruck von Tech-Unternehmen, die Glaubwürdigkeit von Klimazielen und welche Fragen wir als Konsument:innen stellen können und sollten: Podcast. Ich freue mich über Feedback und Kommentare. 💚
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Tech companies share their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions more transparently now, but does this translate into action? Do they, in fact, reduce their emissions and improve their environmental impact. While things are moving, change isn’t fast enough. Here’s the tl;dr of what I found in the 2022 data: 2022 amount of million mtCO2e | change
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Since August 28, very large online platforms (VLOPs) like Instagram, TikTok and co. must comply with the new DSA requirements. Most of the 19 designated platforms and services issued (big) public announcements of their implemented changes. However, whether these hold up is a different matter entirely — as researchers Martin Degeling and Anna Semanova found
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Anfang August 2023 kündigte Meta mit Threads eine dezentrale Alternative an, die mit dem Fediverse kompatibel sein — und den Einstieg für weniger tech-affine Nutzer:innen erleichtern soll, da die Anmeldung über Instagram erfolgt. Meine Kollegin Charlotte Freihse und ich konnten dies nicht ignorieren und haben uns diese vermeintliche Alternative einmal genauer angesehen. Für den Tagesspiegel
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On June 7, 2023 I had the pleasure of joining a panel with Heather Thompson (Democracy Reporting International), Rita Jonusaite (EU Disinfo Lab), and Lea Frühwirth (CeMAS) where we shared insights, lessons learned, and ideas for how to counter disinformation. Three concrete action items for civil society researchers to help monitor and understand the spread
Cathleen Berger 